On the occurrence of lateral openings and fossae (pleurocoels) in the thoracic vertebrae of neornithine birds and their functional significance

A remarkably complete skeleton from the London Clay provides insights into the morphology and diversity of early Eocene zygodactyl near-passerine birds

(2021) Gerald Mayr   JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY

A partial skeleton of a new species of Tynskya Mayr, 2000 (Aves, Messelasturidae) from the London Clay highlights the osteological distinctness of a poorly known early Eocene “owl/parrot mosaic”

(2021) Gerald Mayr   Palaeontologische Zeitschrift

Postcranial Skeletal Pneumaticity in Cuculidae

(2021) Samuel B. Gutherz et al.   ZOOLOGY

A partial skeleton of Septencoracias from the early Eocene London Clay reveals derived features of bee-eaters (Meropidae) in a putative stem group roller (Aves, Coracii)

(2021) Gerald Mayr   Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Skeleton of a new owl from the early Eocene of North America (Aves, Strigiformes) with an accipitrid-like foot morphology

(2020) Gerald Mayr et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Anatomy of Parahesperornis: Evolutionary Mosaicism in the Cretaceous Hesperornithiformes (Aves)

(2020) Alyssa Bell et al.   Life-Basel

The oldest Archaeopteryx (Theropoda: Avialiae): a new specimen from the Kimmeridgian/Tithonian boundary of Schamhaupten, Bavaria

(2018) Oliver W.M. Rauhut et al.   PeerJ

Calcardea junnei Gingerich, 1987 from the late Paleocene of North America is not a heron, but resembles the early Eocene Indian taxon Vastanavis Mayr et al., 2007

(2018) Gerald Mayr et al.   JOURNAL OF PALEONTOLOGY

The most complete enantiornithine from North America and a phylogenetic analysis of the Avisauridae

(2018) Jessie Atterholt et al.   PeerJ

New specimens of the crested theropod dinosaur Elmisaurus rarus from Mongolia

(2015) Philip Currie et al.   ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA

A redescription of Lithornis vulturinus (Aves, Palaeognathae) from the Early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark

(2015) ESTELLE BOURDON et al.   ZOOTAXA

Fossils reveal an early Miocene presence of the aberrant gruiform Aves: Aptornithidae in New Zealand

(2011) Trevor H. Worthy et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

The phylogeny of charadriiform birds (shorebirds and allies) - reassessing the conflict between morphology and molecules

(2011) GERALD MAYR   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

The earliest record of a galliform bird in Asia, from the late Paleocene–early Eocene of the Gobi Desert, Mongolia

(2010) SUNNY H. HWANG et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

A well-preserved ‘charadriiform-like’ fossil bird from the Early Eocene Fur Formation of Denmark

(2010) SARA BERTELLI et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

A new avian species with tubercle-bearing cervical vertebrae from the Middle Eocene of Messel (Germany). In Proceedings of the VII International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, ed. W.E. Boles and T.H. Worthy

(2010) Gerald Mayr   RECORDS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM

Evidence for bird-like air sacs in saurischian dinosaurs

(2009) Mathew John Wedel   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Phylogenetic relationships based on two mitochondrial genes and hybridization patterns in Anatidae

(2009) J. Gonzalez et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Orkoraptor burkei nov. gen. et sp., a large theropod from the Maastrichtian Pari Aike Formation, Southern Patagonia, Argentina

(2008) Fernando E. Novas et al.   CRETACEOUS RESEARCH

Evidence for Avian Intrathoracic Air Sacs in a New Predatory Dinosaur from Argentina

(2008) Paul C. Sereno et al.   PLoS One